The 10 Most Gay-Friendly Countri for Gay and LGBT Nomads

Contents:

• HOMOSEXUALY: THE UNTRI WHERE IS ILLEGAL TO BE GAY
• BEG GAY IS ILLEGAL MANY COUNTRI. L.G.B.T.Q. TRAVELERS ARE GOG ANYWAY.
• GAY-FRIENDLY COUNTRI / GLBTQ+ FRIENDLY COUNTRI 2023
• 13 UNTRI WHERE BEG GAY IS LEGALLY PUNISHABLE BY ATH
• TOP 13 COUNTRI WH BIGGT GAY POPULATNS
• THE 10 MOST GAY-FRIENDLY COUNTRI FOR GAY AND LGBT NOMADS
• 5 SAFT PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2019 (AND THE MOST DANGERO)

HOMOSEXUALY: THE UNTRI WHERE IS ILLEGAL TO BE GAY

Image source, Getty ImagImage ptn, Kamala Harris has been a vol supporter of LGBTQ rightsUS Vice-Print Kamala Harris who is on a tour of three Ain untri - Ghana, Tanzania and Zambia - has drawn cricism over her support for LGBTQ Ghana, a speech llg for "all people be treated equally" she appeared to cricise a bill before the untry's parliament which crimalis advocy for gay rights and propos jail terms for those that intify as lbian, gay, bisexual, or untry's Speaker Alban Bagb later lled her remarks "unmocratic" and urged lawmakers not to be "timidated by any person" Tanzania, a former mister spoke agast US support for LGBTQ rights ahead of the vis and Zambia some opposn policians have threatened to hold is homosexualy still outlawed? In the same month, the high urt Barbados stck out laws that crimalised gay July last year, the urts Antigua and Barbuda clared a law crimalisg same-sex acts between nsentg adults Febary 2021, Angola's Print Joao Louren signed to law a revised penal to allow same-sex relatnships and ban discrimatn on the basis of sexual 2020, Gabon reversed a law that had crimalised homosexualy and ma gay sex punishable wh six months prison and a large fe. Mozambique and the Seychell have also scrapped anti-homosexualy laws recent there are untri where existg laws outlawg homosexualy have been tightened, cludg Nigeria and 's parliament recently passed a law to crack down on homosexual activi, promptg wispread source, Getty ImagImage ptn, Campaign agast LGBTQ rights some Ain untri has tensified recent weeksAnd some untri, efforts to get the laws removed have May 2019, the high urt Kenya upheld laws crimalisg homosexual acts.

BEG GAY IS ILLEGAL MANY COUNTRI. L.G.B.T.Q. TRAVELERS ARE GOG ANYWAY.

And many plac, breakg the laws uld be punishable by long prison of the 53 untri the Commonwealth - a loose associatn of untri most of them former Brish loni - 29 have laws that crimalise homosexualy. Although the origal Brish laws applied only to men, untri that crimalise homosexualy today also have penalti for women who have sex wh Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn (Ilga) monors the progrs of laws relatg to homosexualy around the says the ath penalty is the legally prcribed punishment for same-sex sexual acts Bnei, Iran, Mrania, Sdi Arabia, Yemen and some northern stat of five untri - Afghanistan, Pakistan, Qatar, Somalia, and the Uned Arab Emirat - there is no legal clary and the ath penalty uld be source, AFPImage ptn, An Indian gay rights activist protts agast a urt lg 2013 upholdg a law which crimalis gay repealed the ath penalty for nsensual same-sex sexual acts observers note that the risk of prosecutn some plac is mimal.

The news has sparked ternatnal outrage, and lls for a boytt of the Bnei-owned Dorchter Hotel cha, but has also shed a spotlight on the realy that homosexualy and genr-nonnformg inti remas illegal dozens of untri all over the world.

While many untri that crimalize homosexualy have reputatns as reprsive regim, others are popular tourist statns wh Amerins unaware of the human-rights vlatns gog on beyond their rort walls:.

GAY-FRIENDLY COUNTRI / GLBTQ+ FRIENDLY COUNTRI 2023

(In Malaysia, where those nvicted face rporal punishment and up to 20 years prison, travel mister Mohamadd Ketapi recently sisted "I don't thk we have anythg like that our untry, " reference to gay people. As Sgapore's Prime Mister Lee Hsien Loong announced on Sunday that the untry will repeal a lonial-era law crimalizg sex between men, LGBTQ+ rights activists the untry celebrated a long-sought law, which did not apply to women, had not been enforced over 15 years, but s long-standg prence ntributed to stigmatizg and discrimatg agast gay men Sgapore, activists said.

13 UNTRI WHERE BEG GAY IS LEGALLY PUNISHABLE BY ATH

"Dpe creased acceptance the past two s of LGBTQ+ rights around the world, there have also been backlash and setbacks many untri—and 67 natns part of the Uned Natns, homosexualy is still persecuted as a Countri Where It's Illegal to Be GayA map produced by the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersexual Associatn (ILGA) 2020, seen above, shows the untri where homosexualy is still the report was published, Bhutan and Antigua and Barbuda crimalized nsensual same-sex sexual relatns between adults, rpectively, 2021 and half of the untri where homosexualy is still crimalized are Ai. Tridad and Tobago reversed laws crimalizg gay sex 2018, while 2019 Botswana's urt of appeal voted to uphold a lg that said that crimalizg homosexualy was Febary 2021, Angola's Print Joao Louren approved a revisn of the penal allowg same-sex relatnships and banng discrimatn on the basis of sexual repealed a law crimalizg homosexualy which ma gay sex punishable wh six months prison and a large fe June of that same December 2021, Chile approved a bill makg same-sex marriage legal as well as allowg same-sex upl to adopt, while Swzerland troduced marriage equaly July 2022. Bee of this breadth, termg each untry's level of LGBTQI+ support requir the parison of many ditors, rangg om whether gay marriage is legal to whether LGBTQI+ dividuals are accepted by the general populatn or subjected to discrimatn and possible vigilante vlence.

TOP 13 COUNTRI WH BIGGT GAY POPULATNS

LGBT and LGBTQ+ have several addnal variatns, cludg LGBTQ, LGBTQIA, LGBTQIA+, and 2SLGBTQIA+ (Two-spir, lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, qutng, tersex, and asexual, wh the + reprentg pansexual, agenr, genr queer, bigenr, genr variant, and pangenr).

Acrdg to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn's annual report State-Sponsored Homophobia, same-sex nduct was crimalized 67 of the Uned Natns' 193 member stat 2020 and was facto illegal two more.

THE 10 MOST GAY-FRIENDLY COUNTRI FOR GAY AND LGBT NOMADS

Another of the world's most gay-iendly untri, Swen has legalized both marriage and adoptn for same-sex upl, stalled anti-discrimatn protectns for both genr inty and sexual orientatn, end nstutnal protectns agast discrimatn, and crimalized vlence agast LGBTQ+ people.

Individuals arrted for homosexual nduct are often subjected to addnal mistreatment, om torture and forced anal exams by shady law enforcement officials to oversized sentenc or extend pre-trial rceratn that n last for years. Married gay men have the most spendg power, wh a median hoehold e that is more than $25, 000 higher than their straight and lbian so, beg out and gettg out n be at odds a world where many plac are hostile — and sometim outright dangero. I haven’t heard of anyone havg issu, ” said Bryan Herb, -founr of Zoom Vatns, which operat small tours untri such as Kenya, the Maldiv, and Moroc, all plac where gay sex n brg prison terms.

”Pk money a gray ScurfieldMany untri may jt pend on the flux of tourist dollars so much that they’re willg to give tourists — whether straight or gay — special tourism dtry is a top ntributor to Kenya’s gross domtic product and acunts for more than half a ln jobs Moroc.

5 SAFT PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2019 (AND THE MOST DANGERO)

“We would love the opportuny to work wh your anizatn to create tailored erari for your LGBTQ+ travelers Tanzania, ” read a recent email he received om a small safari a lonial-era law, Tanzania punish nsensual gay sex wh up to life prison, and April, the ernment shut down thoands of webs and social media acunts lked to gay groups and people.

When travelg to Tanzania, for example, clients are advised to practice discretn sce “even heterosexual PDAs are owned upon, ” referrg to public displays of page for Out Adventur’ tour to Egypt, cludg a Nile River cise and snorkelg the Red Sea startg at $5, 495 per traveler, explas that “gay datg apps should be avoid” and disurag clients om tryg to participate the “unrground gay scene” of the larger Egyptian thori have been reported to harass and entrap members of the L. June 26 marks the fifth anniversary of gay marriage beg legalized across the entire Uned memorate this tone LGBTQ history, we are takg a look at untri around the world that have officially legalized same-sex marriage. The untry has also embraced gay-ienly legislatn, providg the right to gay marriage, the right for gay upl to adopt, the right to serve openly the ary, and equal hog and employment protectns.